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Chambers and Edwards battle for the lightweight boxing championship...
Chambers and Edwards battle for the lightweight boxing championship...
Item # 685007
September 05, 1872
NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 5, 1872
* Arthur Chambers vs. Billy Edwards
* Lightweight boxing championship
Nearly half of page 4 is taken up with the notable lightweight boxing match between Arthur Chambers and Billy Edwards.
First column heads include: "THE LIGHT WEIGHTS" "The Fistic Battle Between Chambers and Edwards for the Championship and $2,000" "The Gathering of the Roughs in Detroit" "First Blood and First Fall for Chambers" "One Hour and Thirty-five Minutes and Twenty-six Rounds" "One of the Best Fights on Record" and even more.
Chambers would win the match and become the lightweight champion of America.
Eight pages, irregular at the spine from disbinding, some margin tears, a few discrete archival mends, generally good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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